WADING IN WATER: Sa-ngad Ketparb, 62, stood in floodwater at his submerged house in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, Monday. Heavy flooding across the country has claimed dozens of lives. (Rungroj Yongrit/European Pressphoto Agency)

STOP AND PRAY: Anti-Gadhafi fighters prayed at a checkpoint near the town of Abu Grein, Libya, Monday. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

HINDU HOLY MAN: A holy man posed for tourists, unseen, during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday. The festival — named after the god of rain and heaven — involves worshiping, rejoicing, singing, dancing and feasting to mark the end of monsoon season. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

BIG BARRIER: View of a section of Israel’s barrier wall next to the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, Monday. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

STORM SURF: A train traveled in Saltcoats, Scotland, as surf from Tropical Storm Katia slammed into a barrier nearby. The storm shut down roads, bridges and sporting events in Scotland, Ireland and Britain as residents braced for the strongest wind gusts in 15 years Monday. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)